Underplayed Gems

Mario Sports Mix (2010)

Mario Sports Mix cover
Developer
Nintendo SPD Production Group No. 4, Square Enix
Publisher
Nintendo
Platforms
Wii, Wii U
Genres
Sport
Rating
3.5 of 5, 26 player ratings
Main story
about 8.0 hours
Completionist
about 15 hours
Where to get it
Nintendo eShop

How it feels

Mario and friends compete in volleyball, hockey, dodgeball, and basketball with chaotic power-up mayhem.

partycasualcolorfulmultiplayersportskid-friendly

About

The games include volleyball, hockey (both field and ice), dodgeball, and basketball in the vein of the two companies' earlier collaboration, Mario Hoops 3 on 3. There are power-up items which give advantages to the team that attains them. Each game has an Exhibition mode, in which up to four human players compete in individual matches, and Tournament mode, where up to three players play matches in a tournament structure, with modes of difficulty named Mushroom, Flower and Star. Mario Sports Mix also includes several party games based on the mechanics of each sport. Smash Skate is based on Hockey, Bob-omb Dodge is based on Dodgeball, Feed Petey is based on Basketball, and Harmony Hustle is based on Volleyball.

Trailer

Screenshots

Mario Sports Mix screenshot 1Mario Sports Mix screenshot 2Mario Sports Mix screenshot 3Mario Sports Mix screenshot 4Mario Sports Mix screenshot 5Mario Sports Mix screenshot 6

More games like this

More by Square Enix

This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like playing and it picks from the whole catalog, or browse by platform and genre.